IITs coming up in Bihar, Rajasthan, AP
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Posted Tuesday , March 06, 2007 at 14:45


NEW PLANS IN THE OFFING: Government has decided to set up three new
IITs during 11th Five Year Plan.

New Delhi: The Government has decided to set up three new Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 11th Five Year Plan, Rajya
Sabha was informed on Tuesday.


The premier institutes will be set up in Bihar in East, Rajasthan in
West and Andhra Pradesh in South, said Minister of State for Human
Resource Development D Purandeswari.


The minister said that the government has received a proposal from
Kerala to set up an IIT there but Scientific Advisory Committee to the
Prime Minister recommended that these should be set up in three states
in separate regions.


In another reply, the minister said the government is taking serious
note of the reported suicides incidents at various IITs. The
authorities at IIT campuses have decided to go for counselling,
seminars, helplines and modification of examination schemes to help
students during the examinations.


The performance of students is also being monitored every semester and
mechanisms are being set up so that the families are well informed
about the students' performance, the minister said.


With PTI inputs